Build:Chronomancer - Domination Chronomancer

Part of the current metagame

Our curator decided this build is in the current metagame regardless of rating. The community gave this build a rating, making it top-tier: Great

Focused on: Crowd control, Boon removal and Utility

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Difficulty:

TBD

This build was last updated on February 23, 2022 and is up to date for the October 8, 2024 patch.

Overview

Support Chronomancer WvW build focusing on revival, utility and crowd control.

Skill Bar

Sword/Focus

X/Shield

Utility

Heal Variants

• Signet of the Ether If you take Phantasmal Disenchanter.
  • Both swaps strongly recommended at smaller numbers.

Utility Variants

• Phantasmal Disenchanter extremely powerful AoE boonrips but inconsistent at range, typically used over Veil
• Mimic Enables an extra use of Illusion of Life or Null Field.
• Mantra of Concentration if in need of Stability and personal stunbreak
  • Your utilities are extremely powerful, only take this if you can't live without it

Template Code

[---]

Copy Template Code

Specializations

Variants

• Seize the Moment useful to give self Quickness if landing Illusion of Life is difficult.

Equipment

Head
Minstrel

Shoulders
Minstrel

Chest
Minstrel

Hands
Minstrel

Legs
Minstrel

Feet
Minstrel

Backpiece
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Accessory
Minstrel

Amulet
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Ring
Minstrel

Sword
Minstrel

Focus
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Sword
Minstrel

Shield
Minstrel

Sigil

Sigil

Rune
x6

Infusion
x18

Equipment Variants

• Minstrel's can be replaced by Wanderer's or Celestial
  • Your equipment in general has minimal impact on this builds performance, but concentration is helpful for Alacrity uptime
• Sigil of Superior Sigil of Energy to Sigil of Superior Sigil of Nullification for slightly more boon rip at the cost of survivability

Usage

General

Your main job is to boon rip and CC enemies to trap them in allied spikes. You also need to use Illusion of Life to save allies that go down

• Focus on reviving allies who are far away with Illusion of Life, don't waste the skill on players that can be hand rezzed.
  • If you use the Allow Skill Retargetting and Instant Cast settings, Illusion of Life will cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targetted
• Your crowd control skills will strip boons with Vicious Expression
• Use your crowd control when your allies are spiking the enemy, such as inside a friendly Winds of Disenchantment or Necromancer Wells
• Always use Continuum Split when casting either Gravity Well or Illusion of Life to ensure a second cast of these vital skills
  • While inside the split, use as many skills as possible such as Null Field and Shatter skills as the cooldowns reset
  • You can cast Continuum Split as another skill cast is finishing instead of before the cast to give yourself slightly more time in split

Crowd Control

• Gravity Well strong CC and almost always a good choice to double with Continuum Split.
• Temporal Curtain pulls enemies towards the curtain. Use it to pull enemies into your groups spikes or your own Gravity Well
  • Pull enemies from walls by placing the line at the base of the wall
• Tides of Time stuns foes, thus combines well with Sigil of Superior Sigil of Absorption, use at close range
• Illusionary Leap immobilizes a single target, useful when trying to catch an enemy that is lagging behind

Boon Rip

• Null Field Place on allied spikes and especially on melee clashes where both groups will be inside
• Activate your shatters Split Second, Rewinder and Time Sink when crossing through enemies to proc Shattered Concentration
  • Try to save Time Sink for when enemies lack Stability to proc Vicious Expression